Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women (i) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension by paying National Insurance Contributions, (ii) built up a qualifying year towards the state pension through National Insurance credits and (iii) did not build up a qualifying year towards the state pension in (A) 2011-12 and (B) the latest year for which figures are available.
We do not have the specific data. However, the Local Labour Market Statistics of 2019 provides us with a 1% sample data. If that was to be scaled to 100% the probability is that the 100% data would show the following:
The tables below show a breakdown of how qualifying years were built up for the tax years 2011/12 and 2018/19.
2011/12
| Male | Female | Total |
NI Contributions only | 13,851,200 | 11,157,100 | 25,008,300 |
NI Credits only | 2,352,600 | 3,047,500 | 5,400,100 |
NI Contributions and Credits | 445,700 | 840,200 | 1,285,900 |
Total | 16,649,500 | 15,044,800 | 31,694,300 |
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No full qualifying year | 2,546,600 | 2,027,500 | 4,574,100 |
2018/19
| Male | Female | Total |
NI Contributions only | 13,863,400 | 12,378,800 | 26,242,200 |
NI Credits only | 1,518,900 | 2,918,300 | 4,437,200 |
NI Contributions and Credits | 210,300 | 682,700 | 893,000 |
Total | 15,592,600 | 15,979,800 | 31,572,400 |
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No full qualifying year | 2,168,900 | 2,017,100 | 4,186,000 |
The line ‘NI Contributions and Credits’ indicates where a qualifying year includes some periods of contributions and some of credits within the year.
The line ‘No full qualifying year’ refers to those individuals who may have had some contributions or credits recorded, but did not build a qualifying year in the respective years.